Xenophobia is defined as the uncontrollable fear of foreigners. That fear should not dictate the immigration dialogue any longer.

Elizabeth Flock

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As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports.

Eric Hobsbawm

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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

Hans Kung

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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.

Lawrence M. Krauss

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Most people have extremely high tolerance levels for intolerance.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Oprah Winfrey

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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.

Rabih Alameddine

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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!

Rudyard Kipling

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When we image borders, we fail at imaging God.

Tristan Sherwin

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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

Aberjhani

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We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.

Bernie Sanders

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Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

Jonas Salk

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Xenophobia is the hatred of foreigners. I don't hate anyone.

Marine Le Pen

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We can reach a global harmony if we remove xenophobia

Neda Aria

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Those who stole and loot from ShopRite in the reprisal attacks of Xenophobia in South Africa left the bookshelf untouched. Readers don't steal and thieves don't read.